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Le singe musicien (The monkey musician)
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PHILIPPE ROUSSEAU (PARIS 1816-1887 ACQUIGNY)
Le singe musicien (The monkey musician)
signed and dated 'Ph. Rousseau 62' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
21 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (55.1 x 72.4 cm.)
Le singe musicien (The monkey musician)
signed and dated 'Ph. Rousseau 62' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
21 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (55.1 x 72.4 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) A. Lefebvre, Paris; his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20 December 1905, lot 60.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 2 July 1993, lot 121, where acquired by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 2 July 1993, lot 121, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
(Possibly) 'Pour les collectionneurs et les amateurs,' Journal des artistes, Paris, 1 January 1906, p. 4941.
R. de Leeuw, Philippe Rousseau: 1816-1887, Zwolle, 1993, pp. 22, 24, fig. 16, illustrated.
R. de Leeuw, 'In the light of Chardin: Chardinesque still lifes by Philippe Rousseau and some of his contemporaries,' Van Gogh Museum Journal, Amsterdam, 1995, pp. 107-108, fig. 8, illustrated.
R. de Leeuw, Philippe Rousseau: 1816-1887, Zwolle, 1993, pp. 22, 24, fig. 16, illustrated.
R. de Leeuw, 'In the light of Chardin: Chardinesque still lifes by Philippe Rousseau and some of his contemporaries,' Van Gogh Museum Journal, Amsterdam, 1995, pp. 107-108, fig. 8, illustrated.
Exhibited
(Possibly) Paris, Salon, 1862.
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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